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the first in a city. a man in flushing queens when a tree crashed into his house and crushed him. ida of our new york station wnbc, is in lower manhattan. ida, what can you tell us? >> reporter: chris, we're maybe a couple blocks away from the world trade center site and there was significant flooding out here for much of the evening. i'd say from maybe 8:00 up until -- well, right this very moment. check out the flooding here. these are the northbound lanes of the highway. if i walk back here, i'm probably in the deepest area where we are standing, maybe about ten inches of water here. if we look up north, it's a little dark and hard to see and it looks like there's two feet of water in that direction. all in all, the good news is, we've seen a lot of receding. maybe an hour ago this entire area was completely underwater. i would say half an hour ago, i want to show you this cardboard box that barely survived the storm. this was underwater half an hour ago and that's a good 50 feet from where the water is right now. things are starting to recede. at the height of it, when the sto
the first in a city. a man in flushing queens when a tree crashed into his house and crushed him. ida of our new york station wnbc, is in lower manhattan. ida, what can you tell us? >> reporter: chris, we're maybe a couple blocks away from the world trade center site and there was significant flooding out here for much of the evening. i'd say from maybe 8:00 up until -- well, right this very moment. check out the flooding here. these are the northbound lanes of the highway. if i walk back...
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>> first, before i answer that, let me just say how proud i am to work for nyu langone medical center, where we have physicians and staff and nurses and the new york city fire department and police department, who did an extraordinary effort in incredibly difficult circumstances evacuating all our patients in 12 hours safely. it is a miracle. they did a terrific job. we are a massive huge complex. we have many generators. they are tested all the time. this was an unbelievably powerful storm. many, many things happened that were really beyond anyone's control and that's what just happened. it's a very unfortunate set of circumstances but thank god we have such an incredible team of people who were able to do heroic work. right now, we're assessing all of our infrastructure. our goal is to get back online as soon as possible. our patients, our staff, our doctors want to get back to work so priority number one right now is assess the infrastructure. our buildings are safe but assess the infrastructure, see what damage was done. we had ten feet of water, 12 feet of water in our basement a
>> first, before i answer that, let me just say how proud i am to work for nyu langone medical center, where we have physicians and staff and nurses and the new york city fire department and police department, who did an extraordinary effort in incredibly difficult circumstances evacuating all our patients in 12 hours safely. it is a miracle. they did a terrific job. we are a massive huge complex. we have many generators. they are tested all the time. this was an unbelievably powerful...
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world for the first time since 9/11 attack -- attacks. we'll talk to a city official about what's ahead when we come back. you are watching "world news now." about what's ahead when we come back. you are watching "world news now." septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending you monthly doses right to your door so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com. try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sensational relief. by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, it helps you get clean. plus it's four times stronger than the leading value brand. and you can use up to four times less. charmin ultra strong. >>> more than 8 million people live here in new york city and millions more travel here every day to work. but right now all the subways, all the subways, buses,
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for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of the city are closed down, and this is what manhattan looks like tonight. eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left half of the city without power and partially under water. at nyu hospital one of the biggest in the city and the country, the backup generators have failed forcing rescue personnel to evacuate patients. this historic storm tonight is wreaking havoc up and down the atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryland to tennessee. juju chang spent the day in lower manhattan and comes to us from the dangerously flooded streetings. what is the latest? >> reporter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the floodwaters ofmanhattan, through the evacuation zone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm now, not a lot of rain or wind, we're penned in by flood waters and
for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of the city are closed down, and this is what manhattan looks like tonight. eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left half of the city without power and partially under water. at nyu hospital one of the biggest in the city and the country, the backup generators have failed forcing rescue personnel to evacuate patients. this historic storm tonight is wreaking havoc up and down the atlantic seaboard from the...
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first of all, i think it's unbelievable that there were no fatalities in your city. how was that even possible? >> well, we're so proud of, you know, how our emergency personnel and volunteers came together to protect our city. yeah, we have no serious injuries reported at this time and no deaths. we are so, so proud because it's been a very, very difficult situation, really. this has been historic flooding for the city of hoboken. the hudson river literally came in and made hoboken an island unto itself. the hudson river breached. the city and south side, i, myself could see the water coming in over the new jersey transit, train yards and north side it came in, flooded north hudson sewage authority. we had to evacuate two fire stations, our municipal garage. we -- it's just been a really very difficult situation. our hospital was evacuated and also flooded. historic flooding throughout the city. 50%, i'd say 50% of our city's flooded. remains flooded. people are still in their homes you know. we're doing our best to try to you know thankfully the pump station did no
first of all, i think it's unbelievable that there were no fatalities in your city. how was that even possible? >> well, we're so proud of, you know, how our emergency personnel and volunteers came together to protect our city. yeah, we have no serious injuries reported at this time and no deaths. we are so, so proud because it's been a very, very difficult situation, really. this has been historic flooding for the city of hoboken. the hudson river literally came in and made hoboken an...
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i'm live in new york city. just over my should, the collapsed crane you see it there hanging over 57th street. we'll get to that in a moment. first, across the mid-atlantic, state and local emergency teams are rushing to save people and to save their homes. sandy is living up to the warnings it would bring devastation never before seen in this region. a white capped rush of water took over the streets of ocean city, new jersey, after hurricane sandy made landfall at 8:00 last night. the governor is calling the damage there unprecedented. so far 29 people have died here in the united states. 29. and dozens of survivors today feared what would happen if rescuers had not shown up in time. >> we tried to stop it. we put towels down, we had the sandbags down. it was rushing in. it was rushing in from the windows, the doorways, everywhere. >> we lost everything. i came all the way from the top of the house. >> where were you at that time? >> downstairs trying to save them and i couldn't do anything about it. just kep
i'm live in new york city. just over my should, the collapsed crane you see it there hanging over 57th street. we'll get to that in a moment. first, across the mid-atlantic, state and local emergency teams are rushing to save people and to save their homes. sandy is living up to the warnings it would bring devastation never before seen in this region. a white capped rush of water took over the streets of ocean city, new jersey, after hurricane sandy made landfall at 8:00 last night. the...
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it's been more than 14 hours since the damaged crane first started dangling 90 stories in new york city. these are live pictures you are looking at. we have obtained this video showing yesterday's collapse at the construction site of the luxury 157 skyscraper as it's called. she has got more of what's going to on. what do we know about the safety record of this crane that seems to be hanging there? >> it is hanging precariously. directly behind me and it's about a thousand feet off the ground. you can imagine how terrified people on the ground were. having said that, cnn has learned that this very construction site has experienced some problems in the past. the city issued at least two stop work orders in the past couple of months. one for leaking hydraulic fluid and another for defective wire rope and an improper runway platform. they were eventually fully rescinded but it took about a week in each case for that to happen. they did confirm that the documents are correct. >> what did you think when you heard the loud boom? >> i thought it was a gunshot or a bomb. i immediately went to t
it's been more than 14 hours since the damaged crane first started dangling 90 stories in new york city. these are live pictures you are looking at. we have obtained this video showing yesterday's collapse at the construction site of the luxury 157 skyscraper as it's called. she has got more of what's going to on. what do we know about the safety record of this crane that seems to be hanging there? >> it is hanging precariously. directly behind me and it's about a thousand feet off the...
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we first started driving around, there was not much rain. picking it up a little bit more, the rain is coming back down the. >> well, brian, thank you very much, and we will check back in a little bit as you move around red remarkably different. >> as we have been saying, it is all up and down the eastern seaboard. we actually want to go to a fox reporter that is in pennsylvania tonight. lauren, can you tell us what are conditions like out there, and where are you specifically? >> i am in an area that is a suburb of philadelphia. one of the hotspots prone to flooding. we have that storm got storm before the storm. so much heavy rain. less than half from the local river. it floods along main street, we saw that along main street. the good news is that we are not going to see that kind of flooding this time because the rain tapered off. the bad news is that we are not off of the woods yet. we have the high winds at this hour. this area, which is a highly populated business community, they are without power. on the other side, the businesses th
we first started driving around, there was not much rain. picking it up a little bit more, the rain is coming back down the. >> well, brian, thank you very much, and we will check back in a little bit as you move around red remarkably different. >> as we have been saying, it is all up and down the eastern seaboard. we actually want to go to a fox reporter that is in pennsylvania tonight. lauren, can you tell us what are conditions like out there, and where are you specifically?...
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it is quite extraordinary as you walk around this barrier island city. a block in front of me is the ocean. just about half a mile behind me is the bay side of this barrier island and last night, when that storm surge hit, it was worse between 6:00 p.m. and about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. last night. waters from both sides met. there is not a street on this barrier island that was not at some point flooded. and people now are just having to deal with it. i'm a block of the ocean here. this entire apartment, this ground level here, completely and utterly flooded. you can see the debris. bricks come off parts of their walls around it. it is a similar story up and down these streets. cars have just been moved hundreds of feet in some cases, completely destroyed. at this stage i have to say you talk to people here, it's a question of assessing the damage really before they even begin to pick up the pieces. this is going to be a very long and very difficult process here on long beach which is a city which as i say is largely destroyed, at least on the ground level o
it is quite extraordinary as you walk around this barrier island city. a block in front of me is the ocean. just about half a mile behind me is the bay side of this barrier island and last night, when that storm surge hit, it was worse between 6:00 p.m. and about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. last night. waters from both sides met. there is not a street on this barrier island that was not at some point flooded. and people now are just having to deal with it. i'm a block of the ocean here. this entire...
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this was the first pictures though we've seen from staten island. and they are equally as disturbing as we see in other parts of new york and new jersey. >> looks like the boats are little toys stacked upon each other. >> how high the water went. >> i don't know, what could they have done to prevent this? >> well, they could have double tied a lot of them. but you see the little sticks sticking out of the water right there, that's where the dock was. so you can't do much when the dock actually gets thrown away as well. the dock torn up and thrown with the boats. here you see these boats. this is right near the park just thrown right on to the shore here. nice protected cove. actually, there wasn't probably much wave action in here. a great little hook comes down there by that cove to protect this little inlet. but the water goes up, the boats lose their tie and all of a sudden you pull the cleats out of the dock or pull the cleats out of the boat, they're going to float and go. >> chad, don't go away. new yorkers are suffering a nightmare commute in
this was the first pictures though we've seen from staten island. and they are equally as disturbing as we see in other parts of new york and new jersey. >> looks like the boats are little toys stacked upon each other. >> how high the water went. >> i don't know, what could they have done to prevent this? >> well, they could have double tied a lot of them. but you see the little sticks sticking out of the water right there, that's where the dock was. so you can't do much...
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the question is, how will new york city handle it? the big apple has been shut down to its core. lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. wall street will be closed for consecutive days because of weather for the first timing since the 1800s in a place where you have to look up to see where many live, skyscrapers are a concern. wind speeds on the ground are half those on the top floors. sometimes forcing buildings to sway. >> the further up you live the more reason you should close your drapes and just stay away from windows. >> reporter: watch this bath water slosh in a brookline high-rise in gusts of barely 40 miles an hour. half what's expected from sandy. at ground zero still under construction special precautions as teams worked to latch down machinery. fears heightened by that ten-ton steel arm dangling from a high-rise building. but the main threat from sandy is storm surge. not just flooding, surge effect hits like a liquid fist powered by 80-mile-an-hour winds. sandy brings potentially an extra 6 to 12 feet of sand enriver flow that could fill manhattan like a basin. 375
the question is, how will new york city handle it? the big apple has been shut down to its core. lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. wall street will be closed for consecutive days because of weather for the first timing since the 1800s in a place where you have to look up to see where many live, skyscrapers are a concern. wind speeds on the ground are half those on the top floors. sometimes forcing buildings to sway. >> the further up you live the more reason you should close your...
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emergency vehicles all through atlantic city right now. that's all we are seeing at first light. they are coming out to get a sense of how much damage has actually been done. i'm just going to scooch over here so you can still see me. the water is gone, soledad. there's a whole lot of vegetation from the ocean that is on the street. we're going to go over to the boardwalk, three-quarters of a mile from here and take a look. you can hear sirens in the air. chris christie and the mayor both said if you're in your houses you're going to have to wait till morning to get rescued. they weren't going out last night. we are hearing sirens, we are seeing ambulances. we'll get a better handle of what's happening in atlantic city now that the sun is up from emergency management services and get back to you with that. soledad? >> ali, we've definitely seen that across the board now that the sun is up, first light of day. we're starting to see some action where i am, too, on the lower east side of new york. appreciate the update. >>> we'll talk to the former new york governor, george pataki w
emergency vehicles all through atlantic city right now. that's all we are seeing at first light. they are coming out to get a sense of how much damage has actually been done. i'm just going to scooch over here so you can still see me. the water is gone, soledad. there's a whole lot of vegetation from the ocean that is on the street. we're going to go over to the boardwalk, three-quarters of a mile from here and take a look. you can hear sirens in the air. chris christie and the mayor both said...
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so have everybody has gotten somewhere safe and sandy is coming the question i s, how will new york city handle it? >> the big apple has been shut down to its core. lower manhattan looks like a ghost town at wall street will be closed for consecutive days because of weather for the first time since the 18 hundreds. and place we have to look up to see were many people live, spiked scrapers are a concern and wind speeds on the ground or half of those of those on the top floors sometimes forcing buildings to s way. >> the further up you live, the re reason you should close your dreams and just stay away from windows. >> reporter: watched the bath water sloshing a brooklyn high- rise in gusts of barely 40 miles an h our, half of what is expected by sandy. at ground zero still under construction special precautions as teams worked at two get machinery tied down and fears heightened by 10-ton steel arm dangling from a high-rise building the main threat from sandy is a storm surge, not just letting the surge effect his with a look at vista powered by 80-mile an hour winds. sandy brings potentia
so have everybody has gotten somewhere safe and sandy is coming the question i s, how will new york city handle it? >> the big apple has been shut down to its core. lower manhattan looks like a ghost town at wall street will be closed for consecutive days because of weather for the first time since the 18 hundreds. and place we have to look up to see were many people live, spiked scrapers are a concern and wind speeds on the ground or half of those of those on the top floors sometimes...
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. >>> floodwaters along the coastline of new york city made it very difficult all night for first responders here to reach a massive six alarm fire that is burning in the borough of queens. the fire broke out in breezy point destroying 50 homes on the rockaway peninsula that jets out into the atlantic ocean. more than 170 firefighters responded to the inferno which broke out around 11:00. there's no word on what started the fire yet. luckily only two people suffered minor injuries. elsewhere, right now, there are over 600,000 con ed customers as luke at that live picture of new york city without power. that is in new york and the surrounding buoroughs. among the problems was a massive explosion at a con-ed substation on 14th street. you see it right here. likely caused by flood organize flying debris. the new york stock exchange will be closed for a second straight day to day. also, the midtown crane you may have heard about partially collapsed at the beginning of this storm is still dangling at this hour from a high-rise about 74 stories above the street. that's on 57th street in midtown. t
. >>> floodwaters along the coastline of new york city made it very difficult all night for first responders here to reach a massive six alarm fire that is burning in the borough of queens. the fire broke out in breezy point destroying 50 homes on the rockaway peninsula that jets out into the atlantic ocean. more than 170 firefighters responded to the inferno which broke out around 11:00. there's no word on what started the fire yet. luckily only two people suffered minor injuries....
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paul, how are things going at fedex, and are you getting any planes into the metro-new york city area? >> good afternoon. it's a great news story for fedex. we've restarted our air operation into the newark metro area. and, in fct, w were the first jets to land in newark this morning, and since then, we've put over a dozen airplanes into that and j.f.k. >> susie: la guardia is still under water, how that is impacting your operations? >> we don't have scheduled operations into la guardia, we're scheduled in j.f.k. and newark. so we're in good shape in j.f.k., but our people are at work and sorting packages. >> susie: even though the planes are getting in, and the fedex messengers are getting out, there's a lot of that don't have power. how do you know whether you should be delivering a package or not? is this slowing you down? >> it is slowing us down. our team members are affected by the same transportation limit anticipations as everyone else in the region, and our fedex delivery stations are located in the neighborhood in which they deliver, so they have a good sense of what's avail
paul, how are things going at fedex, and are you getting any planes into the metro-new york city area? >> good afternoon. it's a great news story for fedex. we've restarted our air operation into the newark metro area. and, in fct, w were the first jets to land in newark this morning, and since then, we've put over a dozen airplanes into that and j.f.k. >> susie: la guardia is still under water, how that is impacting your operations? >> we don't have scheduled operations into...
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first of all, it's free. and there's no way of knowing whether the person is parked there, you know, has a valid disability or not. >> councilmember chase says it may be time to do city wide recall to make sure only those with legitimate disabilities get a plaquard. she is also interested in teaming up with maryland where police have access to the handicap plaquard data base to quickly check for violators. >> maybe we can exchange data bases. they can have their list of valid plaquards. we can have our list of valid plaquards and we can switch and have the software in both of our, you know, handhelds. >> they both say they hope the city's red top meter program will eliminate plaquard problems. starting next year, even those with plaquards will have to pay the meter. tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >> the news of sandy continues. a lot of people haunted by last year's hurricane irene, see what they are doing to prepare. >> also, pictures >> hurricane sandy expected to come ashore on monday and people across the
first of all, it's free. and there's no way of knowing whether the person is parked there, you know, has a valid disability or not. >> councilmember chase says it may be time to do city wide recall to make sure only those with legitimate disabilities get a plaquard. she is also interested in teaming up with maryland where police have access to the handicap plaquard data base to quickly check for violators. >> maybe we can exchange data bases. they can have their list of valid...
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another huge problem in new york, flooding in the city's tunnels and subway stations. this posted on twitter. water just pouring into the tunnel. transit officials saying it could take up to four days just to pump that floodwater out. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >> angie, thank you. >>> this morning people are surveying the damage left from sandy's impact. much of it has to do with downed trees. news 4's melissa mollet live in alexandria. melissa, we're hearing one tree left a whole neighborhood dark. >> not exactly sure which tree took down the power line. not one house has any power. take a look over this way. this is one tree that came down. take a look at all the debris, a lot of it here still in the roadway. you can tell that somebody came through, cut things, and sort of moved them around out of the way. let's take a look across here. we're at commonwealth and myrtle. look at this tree. i know this is really hard to see in the dark, but this tree is just massive. take a look at this. i'm going to stand next to it. you can see just how high it is. lots o
another huge problem in new york, flooding in the city's tunnels and subway stations. this posted on twitter. water just pouring into the tunnel. transit officials saying it could take up to four days just to pump that floodwater out. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >> angie, thank you. >>> this morning people are surveying the damage left from sandy's impact. much of it has to do with downed trees. news 4's melissa mollet live in alexandria. melissa, we're hearing one tree...
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you know the cabs of new york city and blast of sandy such an impact. the papers just coming out today for the first time. nothing yesterday. about the only news people can get. reporting on the street yesterday i had loads of people saying, what's happening? we don't have any power. we can't get any news. when do we get the power back? cnn's rob marciano out on the streets of manhattan right now and he is working day after day, as well. probably hearing the same questions i am. tell, not only the viewers across america but anybody who might have had power back up again today, where do we stand in the city trying to get back up on our feet? >> reporter: well, the power situation is pretty the same. yesterday, down to con edison just down the road from here and got in to the situation room and as you would imagine the task of getting this city back on the grid is immense and all has to do with the substation on 14th street submerged by over 14 feet of water. designed for the 12-foot surge. that's worst-case scenario. sandy brought in a worse than worst-c
you know the cabs of new york city and blast of sandy such an impact. the papers just coming out today for the first time. nothing yesterday. about the only news people can get. reporting on the street yesterday i had loads of people saying, what's happening? we don't have any power. we can't get any news. when do we get the power back? cnn's rob marciano out on the streets of manhattan right now and he is working day after day, as well. probably hearing the same questions i am. tell, not only...
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block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> okay. welcome back, new york city skyline and they say that the city does not sleep, but it appear appears to be moving slowly and more slowly than normal. new york city stopped the buses and subways hours ago and now the last bus is done. no trains, no life rail, nothing running in the city, and it is all in anticipation of the high water expected when hurricane sandy comes ashore. here is what is happening in other areas. state of emergency in connecticut. the governor notified hundreds of national guard troops to be ready to help, and the national guard on the ready, and sandbags and more on the jersey shore and more. beach residents, business owners and all broke out the plywood and you can see it there before heading to higher ground. and check out annapolis, and maryland and the city passed out sandbags to people and business owners there, and 20 tons of sand. coastal maryland could get a foot of rainfall. a
block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> okay. welcome back, new york city skyline and they say that the city does not sleep, but it appear appears to be moving slowly and more slowly than normal. new york city stopped the buses and subways hours ago and now the last bus is done. no trains, no life rail, nothing running in the city, and it is all in anticipation of the high water...
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the first solar farm would be built in morocco. >> could the saharan son soon be powering european cities -- the saharan sun? it could be home to a large new solar farm with the capacity of 150 megawatts. that is just one part of europe's vision to get renewable energy from africa. german-led consortium does it take wants to provide 50% of europe's energy by 2015, using wind and solar energy -- german- led consortium desert-tech. it is hoped that current negotiations could provide a breakthrough, paving the way for plants not only in morocco, but also tunisia, algeria, and other countries. the biggest question is funding. companies would take on around 200 million euros of the investment. another 400 million could come from national governments involved as well as eu funds. >> certainly an ambitious but impressive project. that is it for now. thanks for watching. >> do not forget, you can find more on our website at dw.de. see you soon. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
the first solar farm would be built in morocco. >> could the saharan son soon be powering european cities -- the saharan sun? it could be home to a large new solar farm with the capacity of 150 megawatts. that is just one part of europe's vision to get renewable energy from africa. german-led consortium does it take wants to provide 50% of europe's energy by 2015, using wind and solar energy -- german- led consortium desert-tech. it is hoped that current negotiations could provide a...
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city. talking about the response, we expect to get an update from ocean city officials about 10:00 this morning on the condition and the efforts underway. already this morning we have seen ocean city police and members of the national guard driving along the boardwalk to check out the conditions and to make sure nobody is out here this morning. that is the big concern, for safety and for flooding out here. talking about that in general, we have mandatory evacuations for areas south of this point where we are. 8:00 last night is when there were told to leave by. if you of not been able to leave by now, you have to stay in place. they've closed the bridge from 50 to be able to get in and out. if you are still here, you'll have to stay through the duration of the storm. there were voluntary evacuations for low-lying areas along the delmarva peninsula for people concerned about flooding. we have seen areas boarded up for a precaution for what will come our way. the big concern is we are already
city. talking about the response, we expect to get an update from ocean city officials about 10:00 this morning on the condition and the efforts underway. already this morning we have seen ocean city police and members of the national guard driving along the boardwalk to check out the conditions and to make sure nobody is out here this morning. that is the big concern, for safety and for flooding out here. talking about that in general, we have mandatory evacuations for areas south of this...
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that is the city's famous boardwalk no more and this long section known as the inlet section. you can see the beacons out there on the buoys lighting up. as far as we see the beacons the boardwalk ainsley completely do gone in atlantic city. i can't give you an assessment of the damage because most of the city is unaccessible right now. close look at how bad things are here. if it is this bad here i am sure it is bad in other sections. >> we knew it would be bad when the casinos are shutting down in advance. thank you so much. stay safe. steve keele in atlantic city. >> we luwill be looking at the amount of dollar damages. >> shutting down the new york stock exchange for a second day in a row. last time the market closed because of weather was 1985. the reason then was hurricane gloria. the most anticipated economic report that is left before the election may be delayed dabecau of sandy. the monthly report for the month of october is scheduled to be leased on friday. as we previously told you sandy also suspended the campaigns of both mitt romney and president obama. how could
that is the city's famous boardwalk no more and this long section known as the inlet section. you can see the beacons out there on the buoys lighting up. as far as we see the beacons the boardwalk ainsley completely do gone in atlantic city. i can't give you an assessment of the damage because most of the city is unaccessible right now. close look at how bad things are here. if it is this bad here i am sure it is bad in other sections. >> we knew it would be bad when the casinos are...
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first, i don't want to downplay how difficult this has been for the city and for the region. many people are now without homes. there are still thousands of people in shelters. so it's still a difficult time. we've got about $30 million of emergency contracts out there, expenditures that we did not anticipate. but over the long run, as you mentioned, if fema does come through with reimbursements to the city for some of our damaged publix works and the insurance companies come through with what is surely going to be billions of dollars of reconstruction money, that could be some kind of stimulus to the city's economy. >> you mentioned fema and the human tragedy. we are watching live pictures here from atlantic city's airport where air force one is just landing and the president having been to fema today is going to now link up with governor chris christie and tour the area in those helicopters to look at the very human side of what has gone on. as far as the human side is concerned for you here in the city, we still have lower manhattan like a ghost town in many instances, cer
first, i don't want to downplay how difficult this has been for the city and for the region. many people are now without homes. there are still thousands of people in shelters. so it's still a difficult time. we've got about $30 million of emergency contracts out there, expenditures that we did not anticipate. but over the long run, as you mentioned, if fema does come through with reimbursements to the city for some of our damaged publix works and the insurance companies come through with what...
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first i want to thank those who are taking quick action to ensure their own safety and to make it easier for the rest of us. i want to thank all the people that are here working, they are volunteers and doing a phenomenal job and i would like to give everybody a little bit more of an update on the city's preparation for hurricane sandy right now. the hurricane -- earlier today i signed an executive order for t the mandatory evacuation of homes and businesses in -- the low lying coastal areas of the city. to reiterate what are the low-lying areas, zone a included manhattan beach along the east river in brooklyn, all of the rock aways and also hamilton beach and broad channels in queens, all of the coastline in staten island, city island, and another patch of the south bronx, battery park city, and stretches of the the west side water front and of the lower east side village in manhattan. there are two maps on display there, which we have and which we're trying to get. which show the areas as zone a, but the bottom line is the other map shows the 76 evacuation centers. if you live in zone
first i want to thank those who are taking quick action to ensure their own safety and to make it easier for the rest of us. i want to thank all the people that are here working, they are volunteers and doing a phenomenal job and i would like to give everybody a little bit more of an update on the city's preparation for hurricane sandy right now. the hurricane -- earlier today i signed an executive order for t the mandatory evacuation of homes and businesses in -- the low lying coastal areas of...
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going to get first to deb feyerick as we mentioned, she's in lindenhurst, long island. yesterday was water was in some cases waist high. how's it looking there this morning, deb? >> reporter: you know, it's looking better. a lot of the water receding but, again, full moon, waiting for high tide. so it's yet to be determined as to what will happen once daylight comes. we can tell you, the smell of gasoline very, very strong. a number of homes in this area beened to the ground. you have this dichotomy between floods and fires and people trying to fight both, trying to figure out what's going on. a police officer walked this up road, just a short time ago, he was going to work. he said all the homes at the end of this block are about three feet of water saturating the entire area. you can see some of the boats that are here in this boat yard, they are now in the water as well. again, it's one of those situations that's so fluid, strong winds still, not a lot of rain. but, again, with so many people who have been mobilized, we spoke to one official earlier who said sources
going to get first to deb feyerick as we mentioned, she's in lindenhurst, long island. yesterday was water was in some cases waist high. how's it looking there this morning, deb? >> reporter: you know, it's looking better. a lot of the water receding but, again, full moon, waiting for high tide. so it's yet to be determined as to what will happen once daylight comes. we can tell you, the smell of gasoline very, very strong. a number of homes in this area beened to the ground. you have...
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first, as to the evacuation zone. let me stress we are ordering this evacuation for the caste of 375,000 people who live in these areas. if you live in these area, you should should leave them this afternoon. low-lying area, zone "a," including coney island, manhattan beach and red hook and otheriars in brooklyn. all of the rockaways and hamilton beach special broad channel in queens, almost all the coastal areas of staten island, city ooh land, throtion throtion -- throgs neck and battery park city and stretches of the waterfront and the lower east side and manhattan. do you want to find out if you live in zone "a"? call 311 or go to the city's web site and type in your address or give your address on the operator. they will tell you. if you live in one of the 26 public housing developments in zone "a," be aware that all elevators there will shut down at 7:00 p.m. tonight. so if really is important that you leave... this afternoon. also, the mta has announced they will start shutting down service to subways at 7 o'cl
first, as to the evacuation zone. let me stress we are ordering this evacuation for the caste of 375,000 people who live in these areas. if you live in these area, you should should leave them this afternoon. low-lying area, zone "a," including coney island, manhattan beach and red hook and otheriars in brooklyn. all of the rockaways and hamilton beach special broad channel in queens, almost all the coastal areas of staten island, city ooh land, throtion throtion -- throgs neck and...
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time since 911, the routes into and out of the city are cut off. we have a lot of ground to cover here this evening, knowing close to a million potential viewers can't see us right now, as it is because of power outages, we want to start with our hurricane specialist at the weather channel. meteorologist brian norcross, we should be coming to it on top of atlantic city, right? it look is a little to the south, over new jersey, looks like it is over the coastline, you called it rit, this is a freakish storm in any number of ways, including the lowest central pressure ever recorded for a landfall storm. all right, let's look at the radar, i'll try to point out for you where the center is, the radar echo is kind of the lower end of landfall, there is cape may, ocean city, new jersey, right in there. very, very strong winds right there coming in. but that is only one tiny little part of the vitamsystem, becaus there is the magnitude of it as it extends all the way upbringing near-hurricane force gusts into the boston area, and pushing water there into
time since 911, the routes into and out of the city are cut off. we have a lot of ground to cover here this evening, knowing close to a million potential viewers can't see us right now, as it is because of power outages, we want to start with our hurricane specialist at the weather channel. meteorologist brian norcross, we should be coming to it on top of atlantic city, right? it look is a little to the south, over new jersey, looks like it is over the coastline, you called it rit, this is a...
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i believe the mayor, all our first responders, all our city workers are doing a brilliant, brilliant selfless job in helping our great city get through this, and thank you, mr. president, for being there directing fema. thank you fema, thank you to homeland security for coming in to help new york during this period. we couldn't do it without them. con ed doesn't have the power. we need the federal government. they say the generators will be here in 24 hours helping us restore our city back to an operational level. >> thank you also for what you are doing. >> thank you for having me today. >> thank you. congresswoman carolyn maloney, thank you so much. if you'd like to make a donation to help with the storm recovery efforts, please go to redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. stay with us, much more ahead. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> we are war
i believe the mayor, all our first responders, all our city workers are doing a brilliant, brilliant selfless job in helping our great city get through this, and thank you, mr. president, for being there directing fema. thank you fema, thank you to homeland security for coming in to help new york during this period. we couldn't do it without them. con ed doesn't have the power. we need the federal government. they say the generators will be here in 24 hours helping us restore our city back to...
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for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of the city are closed down, and this is what manhattan looks like tonight. eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left hav atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryla to tennessee. juju chahang spent t the day in lower manhattan and comomes t u from the dangerously flooded streetings. >> rorter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the fldwaters ofmanhattan, rough the evacucuation zozone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm no notot lot of rain wi, penn historic canyons of lower man hasn't and the 9/11 memorial began flooding this evening. behind me is litallyly the financial hea of the stage, new york stock exchange shut down today and tomorrow. detectly bind me is what new rk oicials feared,, tonight a ge swath ofower manhattan is under water and without power. st
for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of the city are closed down, and this is what manhattan looks like tonight. eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left hav atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryla to tennessee. juju chahang spent t the day in lower manhattan and comomes t u from the...
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in the meantime at first light we'll get a first look. a record 13-foot storm surge overflowed the city's historic water flood, flooding the financial area. and the subway. the city's mass transit system, schools, and stock exchange remain closed today. rob and paula, back to you. >> scott goldberg here on a wet and storm-weary new york. thanks a lot. >>> parts of new jersey remains under water after that monstrous storm surge along the coast. >>> sandy made landfall, powerful surf crashed into atlantic city's famous boardwalk, washing away a 300-yard section of it. floodwaters also filled up along towns, along the popular jersey shores. they plunged into darkness. abc's steve is in the thick of things. >> reporter: the water started to overtake the dunes. at that point we felt we had to move our trucks because the water was coming in onto the streets, not just in the areas right by the beach, but actually flooding some of the city's streets. so we decided to move a half mile away and rebase. we were broadcasting and all of a sudden the w
in the meantime at first light we'll get a first look. a record 13-foot storm surge overflowed the city's historic water flood, flooding the financial area. and the subway. the city's mass transit system, schools, and stock exchange remain closed today. rob and paula, back to you. >> scott goldberg here on a wet and storm-weary new york. thanks a lot. >>> parts of new jersey remains under water after that monstrous storm surge along the coast. >>> sandy made landfall,...
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. >>> live from the nasdaq markets in new york city times square, this is fast money. i'm melissa lee. after two days of no trading, the markets opened for the first time since hurricane sandy. was back to business as usual on this historic trading kay day? >> we'll kick it off with the trader on the floor, steve grasso. did it work out? >> it did actually. obviously the proof is with the markets, there was nothing that fell off a cliff. everybody was hoping for sort of a dull day. i don't want to say they got it. but they pretty much got a flat market. we were worried about the market at s&p cash. we rallied back and i think for all apparent purposes, it was a win. >> a few remarking about the day, about how some stocks saw big swings in price action. >> the market was flat, but if we look at the underlying shares, you can see a lot of names making big moves. you had apple down and amazon down more than%. gm and ford both up. netflix up 13%. barnes and noble up 13. you had very big underlying move. it's more of a micro market. i think it's to the benefit of our viewer
. >>> live from the nasdaq markets in new york city times square, this is fast money. i'm melissa lee. after two days of no trading, the markets opened for the first time since hurricane sandy. was back to business as usual on this historic trading kay day? >> we'll kick it off with the trader on the floor, steve grasso. did it work out? >> it did actually. obviously the proof is with the markets, there was nothing that fell off a cliff. everybody was hoping for sort of a...
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it is shaped so you funnel water into new york city and push the storm surge in. the normal hurricane like irene comes along the coast and heads for long island and we get flooding along the coast but this is piling water back in. there is a storm, a fictional storm for new york city that comes from the southeast, drives the storm surge through long island sound in the city and from the narrows. what is amazing, this has the chance to do that and that puts the battery underwater and we could have subways flooded and everything else back in here. >>neil: we are coming up on election day. could we see power outages, still, on election day? >>guest: i am taking credit for starting that a couple days ago with a tweet. a friend said what about the election, and i said, y right, we can have power outages, we will, until that time. >>neil: a broad area? >>guest: from washington, dc, all the way up to boston. like rick said, this will have a wide swath of wind but what will distinguish this storm coming from the southeast will be the amazing storm surge in some places tha
it is shaped so you funnel water into new york city and push the storm surge in. the normal hurricane like irene comes along the coast and heads for long island and we get flooding along the coast but this is piling water back in. there is a storm, a fictional storm for new york city that comes from the southeast, drives the storm surge through long island sound in the city and from the narrows. what is amazing, this has the chance to do that and that puts the battery underwater and we could...
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>> well, first, it is perfectly fair if mr. o'neill decides he wants somebody else to convince the board to do it. what i have a problem with here is mr. pandit came out and said this was my own decision. simon and i were talking about this the day it came out. it was nonsensical. now we find out. i agree with harvey pitt. he said given a choice between lying or simply not saying anything, i think mr. pandit should simply say nothing about this. >> i don't know if there's a way to make this a great story from their perspective. but, hey, i don't think that's the way anybody would want to go. it doesn't look good, as bob just said from pandit's perspective. but i think there are a lot of questions about whether they could have communicated better about what was really behind this. like the truth. >> guys, let's finish up with apple. it was supposed to be the big one in corporate earnings this week, reporting of course ultimately weaker than expected ipad sales. the white ipad minis are already selling out. why has the stock been
>> well, first, it is perfectly fair if mr. o'neill decides he wants somebody else to convince the board to do it. what i have a problem with here is mr. pandit came out and said this was my own decision. simon and i were talking about this the day it came out. it was nonsensical. now we find out. i agree with harvey pitt. he said given a choice between lying or simply not saying anything, i think mr. pandit should simply say nothing about this. >> i don't know if there's a way to...
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let's go to connecticut first. this is the situation right now. sandy has killed at least one person and injured two others in connecticut. entire waterfront communities submerged underwater, and more than 639,000 people are without power there. the already high storm surges from sandy are only being made worse by the full moon. and governor dan malloy says authorities are bracing for surges up to 11 feet above normal high tide. the governor says connecticut could potentially face unprecedented damage. >> this is the most catastrophic event that we have faced and been able to plan for in any of our lifetimes. >> we head back to new york. sandy is being blamed for at least five deaths there. >> a spokesman from governor cuomo's office says one of the victims died when a tree fell on his home in queens. and also in queens a woman was electrocute when'd she stepped into a puddle. >> jason carroll has a look at things now in long island. >> reporter: well, it's now well after midnight. the wind has still picked up. but the water at least has receded.
let's go to connecticut first. this is the situation right now. sandy has killed at least one person and injured two others in connecticut. entire waterfront communities submerged underwater, and more than 639,000 people are without power there. the already high storm surges from sandy are only being made worse by the full moon. and governor dan malloy says authorities are bracing for surges up to 11 feet above normal high tide. the governor says connecticut could potentially face unprecedented...
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atlantic city is the highest there at 52. so good signs that winds are slowly beginning to drop down. we're in the 40 and 30 range throughout the delmarva, d.c. washington, d.c., by the way, you had a windy late night. you had some gusts up to 60 miles per hour which caught some people by surprise. further to the north in new england, finally the winds are dying off there, too. we shouldn't see too much more damage. the concern i have overnight besides additional winds is the heavy snow through areas of west virginia, pennsylvania, and also through areas of extreme mountainous maryland. chris, it's going to snow another 1 to 2 feet on top of the foot that is already on the ground. people are already stuck in numerous locations because of that heavy snow and downed trees. so just a multifaceted historic storm. the name sandy is almost guaranteed to be retired by the national hurricane center. i'm sure this will be a multibillion dollar storm damage. we probably had close to $1 billion in new york city, alone. >> we're just get
atlantic city is the highest there at 52. so good signs that winds are slowly beginning to drop down. we're in the 40 and 30 range throughout the delmarva, d.c. washington, d.c., by the way, you had a windy late night. you had some gusts up to 60 miles per hour which caught some people by surprise. further to the north in new england, finally the winds are dying off there, too. we shouldn't see too much more damage. the concern i have overnight besides additional winds is the heavy snow through...